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Brandon Danser

forum

Keeping your students infored is a vitale role of having a sucessful class!!

Brandon Danser

great course

Don't become a pal.......big difference then a friend,don't want it to take away from our class!

Eric Leach

Preparation

Fail to prepare, and prepare to fail. I create detailed outlines of my speaking points for every class, including when to access additional materials, such as PowerPoints. Mind you, these are just outlines. If you read verbosely from a sheet of paper, you will lose the attention of the class. My outlines are essentially guidleines with a few words to remind me where I am in my lecture.

Camille Taylor

Motivation

How do you keep students motivated?

Beatrice Chauvin

To Do list

Making a list is important because will keep us from leaving anything out...

Eric Leach

Starting on Time

I also find this to be a very important point. I make a deal with my students early on: show up on time, and I'll let you out on time. It has proven to be very effective, but of course loses its teeth if I'm not starting on time.

Eric Leach

friends vs. pals

I find this distinction to be very important. While I am very friendly with my students, and discuss all manner of subjects (both school-related and non-school-related) with them outside of class, I always politely decline any social inviations (the exception being social events that are auctioned off for charity or school organizations). I also maintain certain formalities; e.g., only using "Mr. X" or "Ms. X" to address my students, and requiring they address me as "Professor Leach."

Mitchell Witkin

Music

Music is hands down one of the most easily accessable and deliverable tools to use to adapt students to an environment which might be intimidating for them. It helps them to relax and relate.

Scott Zucker

Hands on Lecture

In my class we dissassemble and reassemble components that pertain to what we are discussing. Not " inside of this component you will see :blah,blah. Instead its do you see these components.

Tamara Rote

Teaching students with bad attitudes

Sometimes we have students who are used to a previous teacher's style, however when they change to another instructor, they become distant and closed to the new instructor. The students refuse to cooperate with the teacher becasue he or she isn't teaching the course the same as the last teacher. How do you avoid this from happening from day 1?

Thomas Leighow